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Visiting Speaker Seminar Programs

Seminars are held on Mondays at 4:00 pm in Room 451 Benton Hall, unless otherwise specified. Refreshments 15 minutes prior to seminar time. Seminars are typically attended by faculty, postdocs, and graduate students from all divisions, as well as undergraduate chemistry majors in their senior year.

Fall 2013

Monday,
Aug 26
Tomasz Heyduk, Saint Louis University "Biophysical and Bioanalytical Applications of Next Generation Sequencing" Host:
Dupureur
Monday,
Sept 2
Holiday  
Monday,
Sept 9
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Indianapolis, IndianaNO SEMINAR
Monday,
Sept 16
Xi Chen, University of California-Davis
 "Chemoenzymatic Synthesis and Applications of Carbohydrates"
Host:
Demchenko
Monday,
Sept 23
Gary Baker, University of Missouri–Columbia
“Exfoliating Nanosheets: Lessons from the Kitchen Pantry"
Host:
Gokel
Monday,
Sept 30
Michael Haley, University of Oregon 
"Phenyl-Acetylene Scaffolding as Receptors for Anions: Synthesis, Supramolecular Chemistry, and Emerging Applications in Cellular Imaging"
Host:
Graduate Students
Monday,
Oct 7
Dr. Dawn L. Shiang, retired Associate Director for Sustainable Technologies at Dow Chemical Co.
"The Principles of Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering:  An Industrial Approach for Innovation”
Host:
Barton
Monday,
Oct 14
Robin Hicks, University of Victoria-Canada
"The renaissance and redesign of non-innocent ligands:  REDOX REDUX"
Host:Holmes
Monday, Oct 21 Jeff Gildersleeve, National Cancer Institute-Frederick
"Glycan Array Based Approaches for Improving Cancer Vaccine Efficacy" 
Host:
Demchenko
Monday,
Oct 28
Carl Frieden, Washington University
"ApoE3 vs. apoE4 and Alzheimer’s DiseaseAn enigma wrapped in mystery wrapped in a riddle"
Host:
Nichols
Monday,
Nov 4
Matthieu Sollogoub, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Sorbonne Université
"Regioselective Reactions on Cyclodextrins"
Host:
Demchenko
Monday,
Nov 11
Jeffrey Johnston, Vanderbilt University
"Reagent and Reaction Development in the Service of Complex Target Synthesis:  Chiral Proton Catalysis, Umpolung Amide Synthesis, and Case Studies in Therapeutic Development"
Host:
Spilling
Monday,
Nov 18
Daniel Quinn, The University of Iowa
"The Quest to Resurrect Aged Acetylcholinesterase"
Host:
Spilling
Monday,
Nov 25
Fall Break  
Monday,
Dec 2
Kathleen Crudden***Cancelled*** Host:
Holmes/Spilling
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